[Python-Dev] Solaris family and 64 bits compiling (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Nov 23 07:55:20 CET 2010

But if we say the Python can be compiled as 64 bits under Solaris, would be nice if that was actually true. Now that we have a buildbot (under OpenIndiana) to test, it is doable.

But it is true, and always has been true. The lib/64 issue did not prevent one building Python on Solaris/SPARC64 at all, including the extension modules. Just edit Modules/Setup to suit your needs - that works since 1995 (before distutils was even written).

If not, we could say that Solaris+64 bits is unsupported. I don't think we should go that way. Solaris+64 bits should be a full citizen.

There we go again: "supported". Python builds on many systems which we don't have buildbots for, including obscure systems (although Guido has ruled that we won't specifically accept code for obscure systems anymore, unlike we did before). It is never fully automatic (you always have to at least make sure manually that the dependencies are installed).

Regards, Martin

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